Envision Spokane was conceived as a project in November of 2007, with the creation of a seven member provisional Board drawn from individuals active in the Spokane, Washington community. The project has as its focus the creation of a democratic process in which groups and individuals interested in recognizing and protecting the rights of workers, communities, residents, and the natural environment of Spokane can come together to envision a new municipal charter for the City of Spokane. The mission statement of Envision Spokane is: 
 
To convene and facilitate a broad-based community conversation about the rights of people, neighborhoods, and nature. Envision Spokane will create a process for changing the Charter of the City of Spokane to reflect those rights, and will seek to enlist the support and membership of community-based organizations who see the articulation of such rights as an essential component of the work they do on behalf of the citizens of Spokane. 
 
By April 15, 2008, a new permanent Board will replace the provisional Board, and that permanent Board of Directors shall be comprised of individuals representing fifteen Spokane-based organizations, including labor union locals, neighborhood councils, and nonprofit community organizations. Eventually, the Envision Spokane Board will grow to represent between 40-50 organizations active in Spokane, and that Board will author amendments to the existing Spokane home rule municipal charter. Those proposed amendments will then be discussed at Town Hall meetings and a series of educational gatherings, and may then be placed onto the Citywide ballot for a vote in 2009. If those amendments successfully garner 51% or more of the Citywide vote, the new amendments would become part of the organic governing law of the City.

Mission Statement and Excerpt from the Bylaws of Envision Spokane, Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions

Charter Amendment Process - Memo 01-24-08

Spokane Charter Revision: Spokesman-Review Editorial 03-25-08